Shirley Chisholm Quotes

It is obvious that discrimination exists. Women do not have the opportunities that men do. And women that do not conform to the system, who try to break with the accepted patterns, are stigmatized as odd and unfeminine.

Shirley Chisholm

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 30, 1924 - January 1, 2005

Topics

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Michael Jordan brings millions of dollars when he shows up in an arena. Since money is how we judge people, he's very valuable. But while that's happening, Rome is burning within the black community.

Jim Brown

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Fire itself is very beautiful, and there's an attachment to fire that firefighters have.

Matthew Desmond

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I enjoy waking up in the morning and thinking, 'Who do I want to be today?'

Trinny Woodall

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Unfortunately, in the north and the south of Ireland, intolerant habits are part of the fabric of emotion, part of the identity crisis which afflicts the population of the country.

Tom Paulin

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Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.

Robert Crippen

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The reason they don't make movies for adults and for people which are the largest bulge of the population is because they are not usually going to the movie the first weekend. They take a while to learn about it, probably word of mouth. It takes a lot of money to release a picture.

Rob Reiner

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Some people don't know when to stop talking.

Monica Johnson

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My role and my obligation was to conduct criminal investigations.

Louis Freeh

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We must make immigration a legal, orderly process to eliminate this issue, not further criminalize it.

Jose Serrano

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The first time I read 'Barbecue,' I fell in love with it. I never laughed so hard in my life.

Colman Domingo

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I've always loved acting, even from when I was a child. But when I got on stage, I realised I couldn't act my way out of a paper bag. I was wild and full of unharnessed energy, but I was around all these seasoned performers like Rita Cullis. It was as if they were all in slow motion.

Claron McFadden

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Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.

Chuck Schumer

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